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 iiiiifiinr 
 

 
 STANDING RULES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 miinriciPAL coijjvcil 
 
 OF THE 
 
 DISTRICT OF JOHNSTOWN, 
 
 ••kH)®(^4- 
 
 ADOPTED 
 
 AT ITa 
 
 First Meeting held r\t nrockville, 
 on the 8lh day of February, 
 1842. 
 
STA 
 
 That tli 
 meet at 9 
 and if at t 
 Quorum, i 
 the Chair i 
 hour on th 
 day. 
 
 That wl 
 obliged tf 
 for want ol 
 >vhicl) sue! 
 and the m 
 I^iesent, s 
 Minutes. 
 
 That i 
 Warden 
 
STAMDIIVft RULES. 
 
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 That the Municipal Council do 
 meet at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, 
 and if at that hour there is not a 
 Quorum, the Warden uiay take 
 the Chair and adjourn to a certain 
 hour on the same or the following 
 day. 
 
 2. 
 
 That whenever the Warden is 
 obliged to adjourn the Council 
 for want of a Quorum, the hour at 
 which such adjournment is made, 
 and the names of the Councillors 
 pi-esent, shall be inserted in the 
 Minutes. 
 
 3. 
 
 That immediately after the 
 Warden shall have taken the 
 
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 Hi 
 
 4 Standing 
 
 Chair, the Minutes of the pre- 
 ceding day shall be read hy the 
 Clerk, to the end tlmt any mistake 
 therein may be corrected. 
 
 4. 
 
 That the Warden shall prescTve 
 order and decorum, and shall de- 
 cide questions of order, subject 
 to an appeal to the Council. 
 
 5. 
 
 That every Councillor previous 
 to his speaking, shall rise from 
 his scat, and address himself to 
 
 the Warden. 
 
 6. 
 That when aCouncillor is speak- 
 ii)g,no other Member of theCoun- 
 cifshal! hold discourse to inter- 
 rupt l.im. 
 
 7. 
 That a Councilior called to or- 
 <1(M- by the Warden shall sit down, 
 unless pernutled to explain, and 
 
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 when tno or more Members rise 
 at once, the Warden or person 
 presiding (suhject to an appeal to 
 lije Conned, if demanded,) shall 
 name the Member who is first to 
 speak. 
 
 8. 
 
 That no Councillor shall speak 
 n.^i e ihai^ once on the same ques- 
 tion, without leave of the Coun- 
 €*1, excer.t the mover who shall 
 have a right to reply. 
 
 9. 
 
 That upon a division on anv 
 questio!. in the Council, the names 
 of those who vote for and of those 
 who vote against the question, 
 shall be entered upon the Minutes, 
 if any Councillor require it. 
 
 10. 
 
 That no question shall be de- 
 bated or put, unless the same be 
 in writing and seconded. 
 
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 f 
 
(J Standing 
 
 n. 
 
 That all questions shall bo put 
 in tlie order iu which they arc 
 moved. 
 
 12. 
 That every motion when se- 
 conded, shall he read by the War- 
 den. 
 
 13. 
 
 That every IJy-Law shall be in- 
 1 induced by a motion for leave, 
 specilying the object of it— or by 
 a motion to appoint a Comnuttce 
 to prepare and brin^ »t in— or by 
 f n order of the Council on the 
 report of a comnuttce. 
 
 14. 
 That every By-Law shall receive 
 three several readings at length, 
 each on dittercnt days, previous 
 to its being passed, except on ur- 
 gent occasions. 
 
 That the ti 
 nnd of the p 
 Law shall be ( 
 thereof by th< 
 
 That cvtrj 
 Council, wIk 
 Bill, Petition 
 subject which 
 a Select Corn 
 of the Com nil 
 named by the 
 
 That all pe 
 or property m. 
 proposed Cy- 
 person, or b 
 council or cc 
 to consider tli 
 
 Thnt Petiti^ 
 addicssed to i 
 
Rules. 
 
 15. 
 
 Tliat the time of each reading, 
 md of the passiiijs^ of every By- 
 ^aw shall be certified on the back 
 hereof by the Clerk. 
 
 16. 
 That evtry Member of the 
 Council, who shall introduce a 
 Jill, Petition or Motion, upon any 
 ubject which may be referred to 
 I Select Committee, shall be one 
 f the Committee, without being 
 lamed by the council. 
 
 17. 
 That all persons whose interest 
 T property may be affected by any 
 proposed By-Law, may appear in 
 erson, or by Agent, before the 
 ouncil or committee appointed 
 consider the By-Law. 
 
 18. 
 That Petitions and otlier papers; 
 ddi essed to the council, shall be 
 
8 Standing Rules. 
 
 Dicscntcd bv ft councillor In his 
 place, imn.cdiatoly .vftcr tl.c rcnd- 
 in«r of the Minutes, 'tvho shall be 
 an^swcrablc to the council that 
 they do not contain iuii»ropcr or 
 impertinent matter. All such pe- 
 titions and papers shall be read by 
 the Clerk when prescnt^rf. 
 
 19. 
 That ll»e mode of appointmg 
 Special or Standing Committees 
 shall be for each Councdior in 
 his place to name one, which shall 
 be written down by the Clerk. 
 Tliosi' ^vho hare most Voices shall 
 be taken successively until the 
 number agreed on is completed. 
 (Signecn W. MOlUllS 
 
 ^ ° ' Warden, 
 
 (A true extract,) 
 James Jessup, 
 District Clerk 
 Pro. Tern. 
 
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